Friday, December 19, 2008

Christmas Toy Jeers


Little Tykes has a line of toys for toddlers (6 months and older) that play songs—so far so good. These trains, mobiles, and toy guitars, drums, and keyboards are part of the “Pop Tunes Big Rocker” line of toys. As the advertising line says, “Plays songs to get kids moving with music that parents can appreciate.” These songs include versions of: “Love Shack” by The B-52's, “Hot Hot Hot” by Buster Poindexter, and “Wild Thing” by The Troggs. These are hardly songs or messages appropriate to toddlers.

3 comments:

Jason Smith said...

Wow.

Linda said...

What some folks consider "cute" today, always leaves them wondering about what happened tomorrow.

rachel said...

Hiro has a keyboard that plays 2 of those songs and ABC123 by the Jackson Five. Not only are the songs ridiculous, it's really shrill and annoying.